2017 Predictions and Thoughts

How good is your crystal ball? We identified a number of predictions from a wide variety of sources around some important trends that will impact the future of healthcare. Some are bold, some are mild, and some even contradict each other.
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Predictions cover massive outbreak of identity fraud, the growth of the integrated care delivery and financing model, and minimizing concern over the POTUS.
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A HuffPost contributor, CEO of Bernard Health, predicts the repeal of Obamacare, block-granted Medicaid, and a return to the pre-ACA insurance market.
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Several experts weigh in on how President Trump’s election may affect existing health initiatives, such as the Cancer Moonshot, the Precision Medicine Initiative, the BRAIN Initiative and the CMS Innovation Center.
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Five healthcare leaders cover interoperability between disparate systems vs. a single enterprise platform for health information across the continuum of care, the evolution of EMR into predictive analytics, and which initiatives President Trump is likely to retain if he moves forward with repealing the ACA.
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A wealth of predictions includes the POTUS’s effect on IT adoption, an increase in M&A and IPO activity, the growth of digital health, an increase in hospital price transparency, the battle for success in telemedicine, a make-or-break year for wearables, and Apple’s increased healthcare ambitions.
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As 2017 progresses, it will be interesting to track how these predictions play out. While nobody can be sure which ones will come to pass and which are mirages, it never hurts to know what industry leaders are thinking.